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The "Slippery Sam" name was acquired during the 1970 Bol d'Or, a 24-hour race for production-based machines held in France, when engine difficulties and escaping oil covered the bike of Triumph employee Percy Tait and co-rider Steve Jolly who managed to finish in fifth place to winners Paul Smart and Tom Dickie on another works Trident.
The American Triumph Importers ran a team for the 1974 season. Frames for these bikes were copies of the North frame made by Wenco in California. The American frame was made from thin gauge 4130 tubing and heli-arc welded [ clarification needed ] , weighing 6 lb (2.7 kg) less than the brazed originals.
The now-oversquare modified engine used the 650 Bonneville twin-carb cylinder head having bigger valves, ports and carburettors than a standard Triumph 500, allowing for efficient air-fuel intake at racing speeds. The 650-size crank journals and main bearings were larger than a 500 which allowed for greater reliability.
The 2009 British Supersport Championship was the twenty-second running of the British Supersport Championship.The top two runners in the 2008 championship, Glen Richards and Ian Lowry both moved up to the British Superbike Championship, with HM Plant Honda and Relentless Suzuki respectively.
Embassy Racing was a British auto racing team founded by Jonathan France in 2003. Initially created as a conjunction with Xero Competition in the British GT Championship , the team expanded to become an independent team and began to win races in British GT before the team took a sabbatical year in 2006.
[7] [8] Lowe approached BSA/Triumph who agreed to supply 750 cc racing triples for the riders and to support the series. [9]: 15 BSA/Triumph withdrew after the 1971 event and John Player became the title sponsor from 1972. The name of the series was changed to Transatlantic Trophy in the same year. [10]: 5
Gary Nixon (January 25, 1941 – August 5, 2011) was an American professional motorcycle racer who most notably won the A.M.A. Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968 as a member of the Triumph factory racing team. [1] He was also the winner of the 1967 Daytona 200 motorcycle race on a 500cc Triumph Daytona. [2] Nixon was born in Anadarko ...
The SKY Racing Team VR46 is a motorcycle racing team owned by Valentino Rossi and based in Tavullia (Marche, Italy). The team enters Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the Moto2 category with Kalex chassis and previously in Moto3 category with KTM RC250GP motorcycles. The team manager is the former road racer Pablo Nieto.